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• Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:04:40 -0500
  ...As far as I can tell, the caps were original, the ugly, flimsy, easily cracked, plastic wheel covers that look like they are supposed...
• Re: Another bit on keys
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Thu, 29 Sep 2016 20:38:27 -0700
  For the record, I am in possession of about eight 1993-2002 T3 (Vanagon in South Africa) Caravelle OEM fuel caps. They are the...
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:22:31 -0700
  ...My 84 GL, when I bought it had "311" Caps in >> the rear and "251" Caps on the front. How's that for confusion...
• Vanagon drain plugs
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 5 Apr 1995 07:23:52 -0700 (PDT)
  A couple of weeks ago someone (Jack?) enquired about replacement screw caps for the water tank and sink external drains. I said that I...
• Re: Westfalia font
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 22:01:37 -0700
  ...The oblique W and A are known as "Swash Caps", and > were typically sold as supplement to the original used only for > titling. Unfortunately...
• Re: carat bumper caps and side panels
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:44:25 EST
  ...I was wondering if it is possible to be the fiberglass bumper caps and side panels as a kit (all mounting hardware etc.) in...
• resistor plugs vs resistor sparkplug caps
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 23:43:11 EST
  are these mutually exclusive? or do they work together?
• Re: Westy screw caps
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Wed, 14 May 2003 10:12:54 -0700
  Sigh..... Outwater for all things cabinet. <http://www.outwater.com> Jim
• Re: carat bumper caps and side panels for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:01:19 EST
  ...was wondering if it is possible to be the fiberglass > bumper caps and side panels as a kit (all mounting > hardware etc.) in new...
• Re: source for oem Carat alloy wheel centercaps?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:20:38 -0500
  ...are interested in the billet caps. > > > > > Ben, > > What is the diameter of the outside face of these caps? > > Some nice resin domed badges are...
• Gas Caps
  Historical mailing list - Janet Sanford
  Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:46:03 -0700
  ...I have found caps ranging from 18 - 25 I think I may be getting one from Chris - depending how patient I am! I do...
• Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:54:39 -0800
  ...I think the chrome caps are cool, I wish they'd fit on my south african steel 15 inch wheels , for that "15 inch...
• Re: Just got my SA 15" Alloys today, now what size tires?
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 19:48:09 -0700
  ...Bought 5 wheels and received 4 >center caps, I wonder if I would have bought 4 wheels, would I have received >3 center caps...
• Re: locking gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:40:30 -0700
  ...I don't stock > caps, and generally refer questions to our list suppliers on that item. > Here's what I have found. The Syncro...
• Re: blatant plea for sympathy (LVC!) hair attack
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:03:14 -0600
  ...Baseball Caps >>> Speaking of ball caps, the other day I saw several guys wearing >>> really >>> cool >>> caps that I'd like to find. They...
• Westy screw caps
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Wed, 14 May 2003 06:30:48 -0700
  << Are the brown and the white caps for the cabinet screws still available from VW dealers ..... or elsewhere? >> Recently, while refinishing some interior pieces...
• Re: "Steel Wheels" (Rolling Stones, road music content ??)
  Historical mailing list - Fin Beven
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 15:29:15 -0800
  ...Put 2 of the > original Vanagon caps back on the drivers side and the 2 remaining new > caps on the passenger side. First trip...
• Re: Rodents chewing your wires from Consumers reports
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 4 Oct 2017 17:41:28 -0300
  You would think they could impregnate the wire coating with capsaicin at the time of manufacture and be done with it. > On 04-Oct...
• Re: locking gas cap
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:32:37 -0500
  ...I don't stock caps, and generally refer questions to our list suppliers on that item. Here's what I have found. The Syncro...
• Re: Rusty hubcaps with pictures
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 6 Sep 2006 15:08:07 -0400
  > Hello there,here are some pictures of poverty caps > I bought two years ago. Mileage is zero.These are on > my parts van.The...
• vanagon gas caps for sale..locking or non-locking
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 01:32:56 EDT
  i have both locking or non-locking $15 ea
• Trying to Contact David Marshall
  Historical mailing list - Tom Dean
  Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:58:42 -0700
  David, Please contact me regarding the vanagon 15" center caps. thanks, Tom Dean
• Re: 15" audi alloys
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 11:35:21 EDT
  ...Mark, Clean them up and paint them black. >> or paint your front grease caps silver, and use carat center caps on the rears. chris
• Re: [WetWesties] Looking for hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:42:31 -0500
  ...You'll need to cut a hole in the front caps so your grease caps can come through but they're very simple and...
• Re: Any interest in group purchase of 15" SA wheel center caps?
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Sun, 6 Jul 2003 00:49:54 -0400
  I need 4 +1 spare. Warren Chapman
• Re: Stolen wheelcaps and temporary fix
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:34:44 -0800
  Wouldn't it be great to have Dixie cup wheel caps with mickie mouse on them? But then they would get stolen faster. W...
• Re: Stupid Bumper End Pieces
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:16:21 -0600
  I believe the flimsy end caps are there to break rather than the metal bumper or body. At $10 each to replace, alot cheaper...
• Re: Audi Turbo wheels
  Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 09:51:20 EDT
  ...622 inches), then you could probably use any number of Mercedes caps. Some Mercedes rims look like they have a bit of a lip...
• Re: how to make your locking gas cap accept the same key as your doors/ignition
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:27:18 -0800
  ...this will only work with the gas caps that have the same style "long" > keys as the ignition/doors.. not the gas caps with...
• need for '84 Vanagon parts
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Thu, 3 Jul 1997 09:40:40 -0500 (EDT)
  ...is already there) - a rear bumper, complete with end caps. - front bumper end caps - rear side marker lights (red) - a leak-less gas tank...
• Re: Just got my SA 15" Alloys today, now what size tires?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Fong
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 02:03:22 EDT
  ...I use my Syncro for expedition type off-roading and things like wheel caps get damaged by rocks and other things. It is just...
• Need some1 to embroider caps for SF Van-O-Rama
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 19:13:18 EDT
  Hello All, I got my hands on several hundred caps in various colors at a very attractive price. I thought about getting a bunch...
• Re: End Caps
  Historical mailing list - --------------------
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:21:36 -0400
  ...End caps > >Just recently purchased new end caps, the "Hardware" is nothing more than a >little shim that seemed not necessary and a simple...
• Re: on locking gas caps..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:09:22 -0500
  <<Is there a difference between the "Older" and "Newer" locking gas caps? A friend with an '87 Westy uses his ignition key to open...
• Best source for center caps?
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Sun, 1 Aug 2004 18:00:35 EDT
  Anyone with better source than the Dealer? I need 4 and a friend needs 8 Chris
• Two sets of 15" alloy wheels FS
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Wed, 8 May 2002 13:57:57 -0400
  ...One set of five brand new and perfect South African 'Carat' style wheels, no center caps or lugs but the ones used on the...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] diesel rods weights
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Thu, 26 Dec 2002 17:34:34 -0800
  Hi Brad, I think the rods and end caps are balanced as a unit. You may find drilled holes in the big end that...
• Re: 14" Alloy Wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 20:00:49 EST
  ...you usually see them between 350 and 450 for a set of 4, with caps and all lugs. if theyre in need of refinishing...
• Re: shifter adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:34:01 -0400
  ...From what I see in the Bentley illustrations, there should be plastic (teflon?) caps on both ends of the "fork" at the forward end...
• injector parts
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Thu, 26 Mar 2015 08:32:47 -0400
  Anyone have a source for internal screens and the plastic caps for the injectors so I can "rebuild" Thanks mike
• FS '88 Vanagon Mags
  Historical mailing list - Fred Johnson
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 13:40:35 -0400
  Five never damaged mags. Twenty wheel bolts. Four center caps. $850 (+S&H). Fred Johnson johnsonfm@MSN.com
• stuff needed
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 20:43:08 EST
  Wheel bolt front carat 'mag' wheel. two real carat nuts, rear wiper motor, bumper end caps-chrome bumper. sid vicious
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Sharon Mendonca
  Tue, 31 May 2005 14:01:47 -0700
  We had an 85 that we bought new and it had the flat gray ones as standard issue.
• Re: Mud Flaps, generic or otherwise? Sugestions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:24:01 -0300
  ...On the front wheels you have to relieve a bit of plastic to clear the dust caps. Depending upon the caps you might have...
• Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:34:20 -0700
  ...I don't mind the chrome caps on Vanagons, though AFAIK they were never standard on US imports (I'm sure a lot of...
• Re: Non-extreme makeover, driveway edition (with pix)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:37:52 -0400
  ...The eye is not drawn to >the distraction of top and trim and can now focus on the cracked >bumper end caps and other...
• Re: 1.6 litre diesel heads - regular vs
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Dec 1996 12:25:59 +0200
  ...The steel caps you requested are not available as spare parts, only as already built-in into the heads. Exchange heads (TD) will cost...
• Re: Favourite Modifications
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 20:34:44 -0500
  ...I removed the plastic stem caps and used stainless caps filled with the Devcon epoxy. The front end is perfect. That little extra weight...
• Re: Stupid Bumper End Pieces
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:20:11 -0500
  ...no end caps on black bumpers . . . hot pink >>> end >>> caps . . . no end caps on black bumpers . . . >>> >>> How's a girl to decide? >>> >>> -- >>> Mike "Rocket...
• Re: on locking gas caps..
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:57:06 -0400
  Is there a difference between the "Older" and "Newer" locking gas caps? A friend with an '87 Westy uses his ignition key to open...
• Re: Removing alloy wheel center cap
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:30:07 -0500
  ...oh..and you have to have the wheels OFF THE VAN to install the front caps on a 2wd. (grease caps in the way...
• gas cap confusion
  Historical mailing list - Peter Young
  Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:19:04 -0400
  ...The after market ones have a shorter key than the later OEM caps and so will probably fit better. I noticed that there are...
• Re: Plastic wheel covers
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:10:06 -1000
  ...the caps plug in from the outside.. the only trick though is ..you can't do that with the wheel mounted .. Wheel has to...
• Re: Westy screw caps
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 14 May 2003 09:40:08 -0400
  > << Are the brown and the white caps for the cabinet > screws still available from VW dealers ..... or > elsewhere? >> > > Recently, while refinishing some interior pieces...
• FS VW Alloy Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Fri, 24 Oct 1997 10:35:22 -0700
  I have 4 used VW alloy wheels (with caps but without lug nuts) for sale. Two of the wheels have minor scratches which pretty...
• Re: hub caps wanted for an 82 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Tue, 18 Jun 1996 13:53:32 EST
  J C Whitney, with or without the VW logo. B. Wm Kennedy kennedy@admin.njit.edu
• Re: End Cap for AC duct tunnel...
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:43:15 EST
  Neil, I've seen these A/C duct end caps on Adventurewagen camper conversions. BenT San Francisco
• Re: Pin type ignition wires
  Historical mailing list - The Old Volks Home
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:39:34 -0700
  At 07:55 PM 10/2/02 EDT, Steve Cotsford wrote: >Some suppliers have a choice of ignition wires and distributor caps for pin...
• Re: moon caps, and who knows?
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:17:49 -0700
  ...I put the moon(dog dish) caps on cuz I thought they looked cool. Me too I guess... http://members.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/Hubcaps...
• Re: drilling out axle bolts - Correction of CORRECTION
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:34:44 EST
  ...Snap-On hasn't christened one tool with two different names, they've made compatible drivers for two DIFFERENT capscrew head designs. Given a...